For marketing services that engage in phone-based outreach (telemarketing! SMS! automated calls)! it’s crucial to understand how consumers manage unwanted communications on their devices. While a marketing service itself doesn’t “put a number on an iPhone’s blacklist” directly! the actions of a marketing service can lead to individual users doing so. This article will explain how iPhone users block numbers and how marketing services can avoid being blacklisted by their target audience.
How iPhone Users “Blacklist” Numbers:
On an iPhone! the term “blacklist” isn’t an official Apple feature name! but it accurately describes the outcome: a number is prevented from making calls or sending messages to that specific device. iPhone users have several ways to achieve this:
Blocking from Recent Calls or Messages
Process: This is the most common and direct method. If an iPhone user receives an unwanted call or text! they can go to their “Recents” in the Phone app or directly into the kenya phone number list Messages app! tap the “i” (info) icon next to the number! scroll down! and tap “Block this Caller.”
Impact: Once blocked! calls from that number will go directly to voicemail without ringing! and messages will not be delivered to the user’s inbox. The blocked party is not notified.
Blocking from Contacts:
Process: If a user has a number saved in latest comments their contacts that they later decide to block! they can open the contact! scroll down! and tap “Block this Caller.”
Impact: Same as above calls go to voicemail
messages are not delivered.
Adding Directly via Settings:
Process: Users can manually add a number to their blocked list through the iPhone’s settings. They go to Settings > Phone > Blocked Contacts > Add New… and then select a be numbers contact or manually enter a number.
Impact: This provides a way to pre-emptively block numbers or add numbers that aren’t in recent call logs.
Silence Unknown Callers:
Process: In Settings > Phone! users can enable “Silence Unknown Callers.”
Impact: This feature automatically sends calls from numbers not in the user’s contacts list! recent outgoing calls! or Siri Suggestions directly to voicemail. The call will still appear in their recent calls list! but it won’t ring. This is a powerful tool against cold calls from numbers not previously interacted with.